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you start looking at, the experience that they had in massachusetts was. you started enrollment in almost nobody enrolled. you got near the deadline. like okay. have to pay a penalty if i don't enroll. everybody started enrolling. hear obama saying this tonight. you are not talking about the penalty setting in until three months into next year. a long time for now. i think this is going to be a contested thing in the media and politics. into next year, next january, february, march. if you get to february/march talking sizable enrollees and young, healthy people who make this, who will make the competitive pricing behind this is a reality. if you get to the point. yeah, republicans need to move on to something else. there will be a consensus at media level, yeah this phase worked. >> alex, joy, going to hang in for more stuff. you got stuff to do. you, you. >> yeah, i think steve and joy are hanging in here. i turn to a pumpkin. precisely 10:00 whatever minute. >> okay. president obama will address the reports he didn't want to keep joe biden as his runnin
you start looking at, the experience that they had in massachusetts was. you started enrollment in almost nobody enrolled. you got near the deadline. like okay. have to pay a penalty if i don't enroll. everybody started enrolling. hear obama saying this tonight. you are not talking about the penalty setting in until three months into next year. a long time for now. i think this is going to be a contested thing in the media and politics. into next year, next january, february, march. if you get...
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. >> the administration points out that early enrollment in romney care got a slow start in massachusetts as well. 123 people signed up the first month, for example. do we need to just give this thing a chance? >> well, i mean it's certainly -- i think everyone agrees that the rollout has been a disaster. the waste of money put into this website is a mess and clearly people are frustrated and they can't sign up for something. >> well, i don't know if it's a waste of money. they are fixing it. >> okay. so i guess i would concede that eventually i would imagine this website is going to get fixed. so i mean i get that part. i think the bigger issues that we are going to face are, number one, the fact that hundreds of thousands of people are certainly being cancelled by their insurance companies when they were promised by the president that that wouldn't happen. >> i want to start with that because i want to be fair about that. the people who are getting these notices, first of all, they have to be offered another plan. and the reason that they're getting these notices is because they don't h
. >> the administration points out that early enrollment in romney care got a slow start in massachusetts as well. 123 people signed up the first month, for example. do we need to just give this thing a chance? >> well, i mean it's certainly -- i think everyone agrees that the rollout has been a disaster. the waste of money put into this website is a mess and clearly people are frustrated and they can't sign up for something. >> well, i don't know if it's a waste of money....
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that will cost jobs here in massachusetts. one of the problems is what we did in massachusetts was tailored to our population. it took advantage of health care and a number of different things, one of them, steve, was the fact that we had merged the non-group market with the individual market to try to spread out risks. what does the federal plan do? well, it reduces the number of rating factors we can use to evaluate risk for that pool. it's undermine wack we want to do. in fact, we have pleaded with our governor, governor patrick has asked the federal government, give us a waiver so that we can evaluate and price risk fairly and yet we now are going to be forced to use 4 rating factors as opposed to 106789 that's one of the major points of distinction here, massachusetts plan worked because it was designed for pennsylvania. we had expertise, for instance, in pricing risks. we had growth markets in medical devices. yet, when we look at what's happening at the federal level which claims to be mirrored on what we did in massach
that will cost jobs here in massachusetts. one of the problems is what we did in massachusetts was tailored to our population. it took advantage of health care and a number of different things, one of them, steve, was the fact that we had merged the non-group market with the individual market to try to spread out risks. what does the federal plan do? well, it reduces the number of rating factors we can use to evaluate risk for that pool. it's undermine wack we want to do. in fact, we have...
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in 2010, scott brown of massachusetts wins the special election up there after running a campaign to kill the legislation. his victory gives the gop 41 votes in the senate which gives them the power to block any fixes or improvements in the new law. once implementation begins, republican governors across the country refuse to build their own state exchanges putting unexpected pressure on the federal exchanges. then congressional republicans refuse to give hhs the money it needs to build the federal exchange. then there's the obstruction campaigns. they include gop darling like rush limbaugh and dick marsh urging people to avoid tax refunds as a ways to avoid or sign petitions rejecting their exchanges. then there's the gop icing on the cake. a two-week government shutdown and the threat to blow up the economy. if the health care isn't dismantled. strong stuff. ron reagan, i want to start with you. this has been a concerted effort. it's like when you read about lincoln coming to washington through baltimore and into town because the secession movement has begun. they didn't give this
in 2010, scott brown of massachusetts wins the special election up there after running a campaign to kill the legislation. his victory gives the gop 41 votes in the senate which gives them the power to block any fixes or improvements in the new law. once implementation begins, republican governors across the country refuse to build their own state exchanges putting unexpected pressure on the federal exchanges. then congressional republicans refuse to give hhs the money it needs to build the...
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is it the same health care plan the former governor sold to massachusetts? i will talk to the architect of both plans in minutes. >>> the president's meeting with the leader of iraq. exactly what kind of military help is that country seeking from the u.s., and will it happen? >>> in office politics, down to its last days? i talked to cnbc's carl quintanilla about the problems with blackberry. >>> and how much money could this work of art fetch? it's in today's list of number ones. >>> hello, everyone. it's high noon here in the east, 9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." he's back with a whole lot to say. mitt romney on today's "meet the press," talking about the comparisons between romney care in massachusetts and obama care. >> and perhaps the most important lesson the president failed to learn was you have to tell the american people the truth. what when he told the american people you could keep your health insurance if you wanted to keep that plan, period, he said that time and again, he wasn't telling the truth. i think that fundame
is it the same health care plan the former governor sold to massachusetts? i will talk to the architect of both plans in minutes. >>> the president's meeting with the leader of iraq. exactly what kind of military help is that country seeking from the u.s., and will it happen? >>> in office politics, down to its last days? i talked to cnbc's carl quintanilla about the problems with blackberry. >>> and how much money could this work of art fetch? it's in today's list of...
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the point is he was talking up massachusetts and what happened in massachusetts. point one of what happened in massachusetts was that enrollments initially were slow. after one month, 123 people. after two months 2200 people. we showed this chart briefly early on. after 11 months, 36,000. today -- a lot of the same factors, people didn't know, didn't understand. most importantly, the penalty, the real sign ups occurred when people were facing the penalty after 11 months. today, what percent of people in massachusetts are covered by health care? 97%. >> 97%. >> 97%. >> it's a high number. >> it is a high number. we have to get going in the u.s. we are not on that trajectory, yet in terms of the sign up. the small numbers. >> need the young people. >> let's look at where we are now. where are we today in terms of health care in massachusetts? in massachusetts, the percentage of people with health care increased 1%. the percentage of the country, down 5.7%. as you know, people are cancelling, employers are cancelling health insurance because it is too expensive. >> o
the point is he was talking up massachusetts and what happened in massachusetts. point one of what happened in massachusetts was that enrollments initially were slow. after one month, 123 people. after two months 2200 people. we showed this chart briefly early on. after 11 months, 36,000. today -- a lot of the same factors, people didn't know, didn't understand. most importantly, the penalty, the real sign ups occurred when people were facing the penalty after 11 months. today, what percent of...
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in 2010, scott brown of massachusetts wins the special election up there after running a campaign to kill the legislation. his victory gives the gop 41 votes in the senate which gives them the power to block any fixes or improvements in the new law. republican governors across the country refuse to build their own state exchanges putting unexpected pressure on the federal exchanges. then congressional republicans refuse to give hhs the money it needs to build the federal exchange. then there's the obstruction campaigns. they include gop darling like rush limbaugh and dick marsh ways to avoid or sign petitions rejecting their exchanges. then there's the gop icing on the cake. the shutdown and the threat to blow up the economy. strong stuff. ron reagan, i want to start with you. this has been a concerted effort. it's like when you read about lincoln coming to washington because the secession movement has begun. they didn't give this guy a honeymoon. they didn't give him nothing. they started going after him from the beginning. >> no. and they haven't learned their lesson. they just got
in 2010, scott brown of massachusetts wins the special election up there after running a campaign to kill the legislation. his victory gives the gop 41 votes in the senate which gives them the power to block any fixes or improvements in the new law. republican governors across the country refuse to build their own state exchanges putting unexpected pressure on the federal exchanges. then congressional republicans refuse to give hhs the money it needs to build the federal exchange. then there's...
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as we look, though, at massachusetts, an example from '0 s '06. enrollment was slow there too, people procrastinating, signing up at the last minute. we fast forward to now and your home state of kentucky. it has emerged as a poster child for the south. we have more than 345,000 website visits, nearly 60,000 applications started and some 32,000 have enrolled. why is kentucky working so well? >> well, i think the governor made a decision very early on that we were going to do our own exchange, took advantage of the federal grant program to build the exchange, brought in very, very good people and made some very critical decisions early on that i think helped. one of them which the federal exchange didn't make was to allow people to browse the site and browse the plans without going through the application process. so to a certain extent we were lucky, but it was basically the commitment of the administration to make sure that it worked. when you're only dealing with one state and one set of providers and one set of insurance rules and one set of in
as we look, though, at massachusetts, an example from '0 s '06. enrollment was slow there too, people procrastinating, signing up at the last minute. we fast forward to now and your home state of kentucky. it has emerged as a poster child for the south. we have more than 345,000 website visits, nearly 60,000 applications started and some 32,000 have enrolled. why is kentucky working so well? >> well, i think the governor made a decision very early on that we were going to do our own...
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we've seen it work in massachusetts that would be as undisruptive as possible. and in good faith tried to write the law in a way for people to keep their care. although we believe ultimately they're going to be better off when they're buying health care through the market places they can access tax credits and benefitting from more choice in competition. obviously we didn't do a good enough job in terms of how we drafted the law. that's something we're going to do everything we can to get fixed. >> by the way, that sounds like you're supportive of the legislation. the various things out there. >> we're looking at a range of options. one thing i want to emphasize is everybody is acting as if the existing market was working, and the fact of the matter is that a whole lot of people who were in this individual market who were buying health care on their own because they're not getting it through their employer, they might be happy with it this year. and then suddenly next year the cost got jacked up by 15%, 20%. the average increase on premiums in this individual ma
we've seen it work in massachusetts that would be as undisruptive as possible. and in good faith tried to write the law in a way for people to keep their care. although we believe ultimately they're going to be better off when they're buying health care through the market places they can access tax credits and benefitting from more choice in competition. obviously we didn't do a good enough job in terms of how we drafted the law. that's something we're going to do everything we can to get...
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we know it works fine in massachusetts. it's up and running. let's give the thing a chance to work here. i'll admit we've had a horrible rollout since october 1st. but that same thing happened in social security. it happened in medicare part "d." let's give it a chance and see where it ends up. >> james carville and bill kristol, thank you very much. richard haass, thank you as well. meacham, can you stay with us? >> yes, ma'am. >> up next, the bully pulpit. doris kearns goodwin here with her brand-new book on the golden age of journalism. princeton professor evan thomas joining us for that as well. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. american express credit card, every purchase earns you 2% cash back, which is deposited in your fidelity account. is that it? actually... there's no annual fee and no limits on rewards. and with the fidelity cash management account debit card, you get reimbursed for all atm fees. is that it? oh, this guy, too. turn more of the money you spend into money you invest. it's everyday reinvesting for you
we know it works fine in massachusetts. it's up and running. let's give the thing a chance to work here. i'll admit we've had a horrible rollout since october 1st. but that same thing happened in social security. it happened in medicare part "d." let's give it a chance and see where it ends up. >> james carville and bill kristol, thank you very much. richard haass, thank you as well. meacham, can you stay with us? >> yes, ma'am. >> up next, the bully pulpit. doris...
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now he's blaming -- and this was the other night in boston along deval patrick, the governor of massachusetts blaming the victims of obama care, blaming people who had insurance who have now lost it, blaming cancer patients because of the failures of their own law. the president needs to quit doubling down on the dishonesty and come forth and tell the american people that he misled them. he intentionally misled the american people and what he told them just wasn't true. >> all right, senator barasso, we're out of time. we'll have to leave it there. thank you so much for your time this afternoon. >> thanks for having me. >> well, all eyes were on the races in new jersey and virginia, but there were many other headlines and quite a few firsts from election night. in boston, the people of bean town elected state representative marty walsh to replace the city's longest serving mayor. voters in detroit elected the city's first white mayor in four decades. mike duggan will be tasked with bringing the motor city back from the financial brink. and new york city will have its first democratic mayor in
now he's blaming -- and this was the other night in boston along deval patrick, the governor of massachusetts blaming the victims of obama care, blaming people who had insurance who have now lost it, blaming cancer patients because of the failures of their own law. the president needs to quit doubling down on the dishonesty and come forth and tell the american people that he misled them. he intentionally misled the american people and what he told them just wasn't true. >> all right,...
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think the important thing here, alex, is to understand that when we rolled out medicare part d when massachusetts did its health care, universal health care system, they had similar delays. there were peaks that april came well into the open enrollment and certainly part did was not without its bugs in the system. the idea is not to point a finger of blame but extend a hand of help on behalf of congress. let's get together and get this thing running. people want to embrace the benefits of the act. i hear it more and more. look, i've been asked to vote 46, 47 times over to repeal the affordable care act by the republican majority in our house. they have wanted to destroy this opportunity for our americans to have health care benefits since its inception. and it's time to really get to work and get the system running. >> representative tomko, is there an educated guess as to what the numbers may be when they're released officially in about a month? do we have any idea, speculation how many people are signing up? >> you know, it's hard to say. in my hope state of new york that has its own exchange,
think the important thing here, alex, is to understand that when we rolled out medicare part d when massachusetts did its health care, universal health care system, they had similar delays. there were peaks that april came well into the open enrollment and certainly part did was not without its bugs in the system. the idea is not to point a finger of blame but extend a hand of help on behalf of congress. let's get together and get this thing running. people want to embrace the benefits of the...
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you went to university of massachusetts. is that because you didn't have a lot of choices, you were a late bloomer? talk about what it was like to go to a school not known for basketball and emerge like you did. >> it was like the big fish in the little ponld. i could go somewhere, be a little fish in a big pond or a -- >> you could have gone to those places? >> i heard from schools. i only visited iowa state in terms of big eight. never heard from pac-10. never heard from the acc. they actually recruited two kids all long island players and one was a guy named bill chamber lan who went to north carolina and tom reicher who went to south carolina. they were in my class coming out of high school. we were part of two of the long island players. i went to u mass and the other guy, the fourth guy went to penn. >> donny. >> it's where i went. i grew up watching you play. big fan. i was in philly when you were playing with the sixers. i have never seen other athletes talk with such reverence about other athletes. obviously, today,
you went to university of massachusetts. is that because you didn't have a lot of choices, you were a late bloomer? talk about what it was like to go to a school not known for basketball and emerge like you did. >> it was like the big fish in the little ponld. i could go somewhere, be a little fish in a big pond or a -- >> you could have gone to those places? >> i heard from schools. i only visited iowa state in terms of big eight. never heard from pac-10. never heard from the...